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... says in 1798 , " at the mighty conflict to which two great nations , " ( France and England , ) " are advancing , and recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man . Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than ...
... says in 1798 , " at the mighty conflict to which two great nations , " ( France and England , ) " are advancing , and recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man . Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than ...
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... says he , 66 were more accus- tomed to calculation , wars would be much less frequent . Canada might have been purchased from France for a tenth part of the money England spent in the conquest of it ; and if , instead of fighting us for ...
... says he , 66 were more accus- tomed to calculation , wars would be much less frequent . Canada might have been purchased from France for a tenth part of the money England spent in the conquest of it ; and if , instead of fighting us for ...
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... says TERTULLIAN , 66 can never sanc- tion an unlawful act . And can a soldier's life be lawful , when Christ has pronounced that he who lives by the sword , shall perish by the sword ? Can any one who professes the peaceable doctrines ...
... says TERTULLIAN , 66 can never sanc- tion an unlawful act . And can a soldier's life be lawful , when Christ has pronounced that he who lives by the sword , shall perish by the sword ? Can any one who professes the peaceable doctrines ...
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... says we should not wonder at their frequent defeats , " if we could witness the drunken- ness and debauchery from the general to the private , and hear them strive to outvie each other in uttering the most horrid imprecations and ...
... says we should not wonder at their frequent defeats , " if we could witness the drunken- ness and debauchery from the general to the private , and hear them strive to outvie each other in uttering the most horrid imprecations and ...
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... says a Saxon nobleman , “ not a grain is left . The little that remained , was consumed in the night fires , or was next morning , in spite of tears and prayers , wantonly burned by the laughing Not a horse , not a cow , not a sheep is ...
... says a Saxon nobleman , “ not a grain is left . The little that remained , was consumed in the night fires , or was next morning , in spite of tears and prayers , wantonly burned by the laughing Not a horse , not a cow , not a sheep is ...
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AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY Apostles argument arms army battle bayonet benevolence blessing blood cause of peace century character Chris Christ Christendom Christian church civil common crime custom dead death defence destroy disputes duty earth enemies England Europe evil father favor fight fire forbearance France French friends of peace glory gospel Greece hands heart heathen heaven honor horrors human hundred idolatry individuals influence justice kill land lawfulness of war less lives mankind mass means ment military millions mind misery missionaries Moloch moral murder Napoleon nations nature navy never object officer pacific pagan passions perish precepts Prince of Peace principles profession punishment Quakers reason religion religion of peace Resist not evil rulers Russia savage says sentiment ships slaughter soldiers soul Spain spirit suffering sword Tatian TERTULLIAN thing thou thousand tion truth violence virtue war-system warrior wars whole wounded wrong